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garrulous

[ gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh- ]

adjective

  1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.

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  2. wordy or diffuse:

    a garrulous and boring speech.

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garrulous

/ ɡæˈruːlɪtɪ; ˈɡærʊləs /

adjective

  1. given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
  2. wordy or diffuse; prolix
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈܱdzܲԱ, noun
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  • ۳·dzܲ· adverb
  • ۳·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·۳·dzܲ adjective
  • non·۳·dzܲ· adverb
  • non·۳·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·۳·dzܲ adjective
  • un·۳·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·۳·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of garrulous1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin garrulus “talkative, garrulous,” equivalent to (ī) ) “to chatter” + -ulus -ulous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of garrulous1

C17: from Latin garrulus, from ī to chatter
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Here, he plays a garrulous video-store clerk named Hank who challenges customers to name the best movies about underdogs.

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Mr. Moes saw Mr. Trump’s verbal mistakes as the foreseeable gaffes of a garrulous candidate, not as signs of aging.

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Somebody who is always garrulous and tends to go off on tangents when speaking may do this more frequently.

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The academy eventually instituted a 45-second time limit and directed the orchestra to play garrulous winners off stage.

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Everyone knows now that he's been fighting a stutter all his life but Biden's also one of those garrulous old-style East Coast politicians who tell stories and flit from subject to subject.

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